Winery and Viticulture Technician Niagara College

Program Description

As a Winery and Viticulture Technician graduate, you are a key member of the winery management team with the expertise required to develop, plant, and maintain a commercial vineyard; manage daily operations, and sell and market wine. Highlights : The Canadian Food and Wine Institute at Niagara College is renowned for its outstanding reputation with graduates, employers and industry partners. The Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake is located in the heart of Ontario’s thriving wine and hospitality industries and includes a 40-acre vineyard and the NC Teaching Winery, Canada’s first and only commercial teaching winery with state-of-the-art facilities including an analysis lab and winemaking pilot systems. Unmatched hands-on learning environment, including Benchmark, a student-led restaurant, Teaching Brewery, Teaching Distillery, Greenhouse/Nursery, hop yard, an apiary and world-class faculty. Extensive applied learning in the form of a major project working with industry partners and opportunities to work at special functions held on and off campus.

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